What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Encore’

Be prepared for a major death on “The Walking Dead.” And Kristen Bell tries to bring former musical theater stars back to their glory days in “Encore.”

What’s On TV

THE WALKING DEAD 9 p.m. on AMC. Will there be another gruesome death on the midseason finale of “The Walking Dead”? Producers have hinted at a “shocking moment,” leaving fans scrambling to guess as to whether Carl, Michonne, Tara or someone else will meet their fate at the hands of Negan. Enid and Aaron are on a mission against the Saviours, while Daryl and Tara work to breach the Sanctuary walls.

OUTLANDER8 p.m. on Starz. In the third season finale, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) race through the Jamaican jungle to try to save Young Ian (John Bell), who is being held captive by Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek). The episode will set the stage for a confirmed fourth season, which will be based off Diana Gabaldon’s book “Drums of Autumn.”

GUY’S BIG PROJECT9 p.m. on the Food Network. In the last month, Guy Fieri has been waltzing across the country with the goal of grooming America’s next top food personality. Contestants must pitch an idea for a show and cook for Mr. Fieri, and they receive advice on interviewing chefs and talking about food. In the finale on Sunday, the final prospects shoot their pilot episodes, with the hopes that their shows will be chosen for a season on the Food Network.

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Kristen Bell, center, in "Encore!"CreditABC/Matt Petit

ENCORE10 p.m. on ABC. Kristen Bell will try to lead former high school musical stars back to their former glory in this special. Ms. Bell (“Frozen,” “The Good Place”) executive produces this behind-the-scenes look at a performance of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” which features cast members who played the same roles in high school 20-odd years ago. They receive guidance from Broadway directors, choreographers and voice coaches.

ROBOT CHICKEN11:30 on Adult Swim. One of the strangest and most demented shows of the last decade returns for a ninth season to skewer movies, television, games and any other segment of pop culture it can get its stop-motion fingers on. This season will go after “Westworld,” “Mad Max,” “Black Mirror” and more in its grotesque and crass fashion.

What’s Streaming

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Tatiana Maslany in “Orphan Black.”CreditSteve Wilkie/BBC America

ORPHAN BLACKon Amazon. No actor on television carried a heavier load than Tatiana Maslany on “Orphan Black.” She played not just the protagonist Sarah, but a horde of her clones, including a soccer mom, a dred-sporting scientist and a Russian religious mystic; the show hones in on how scientific breakthroughs can be exploited to nefarious corporate ends. Margaret Lyons put it on her 2017 year-end list for Watching. “While the show’s intricate plotting could drift to the arcane, particularly in later seasons, the series never gave up its central humanity — or its occasional, welcome, moments of humor,” she wrote.